Spring

I have no problem with the premise of this film as it is always touching to see young love develop in difficult circumstances (e.g. Same sex relationship at college/school), and I realise the budget was low, however it was rather too slow to develop (particularly for first 30 minutes) and should have introduced more character development and back story.

I agree with others that the age of the actors was a bit old to be playing 18-year-olds although this was not a showstopper. The cinematography and audio were both good for a low budget film as were the locations. The chemistry between the two leads was excellent. The dialogue in places was a bit unnatural. Otherwise pretty good and I enjoyed it.

The director/co-star is in her early thirties playing a high school senior. She looks young, but certainly not 18. She should have stuck to directing and gotten a younger actress to play the role.

Well done to all involved. A good example of how even on a modest budget (crowdfunded apparently), a tight script and good acting can deliver a very nice movie experience.

I really liked Alexandra Swarens and Emma Maddock.in the lead roles of Tyler and Rose. I also thought the immediate entry into the story without significant delivery of backstory or subsequent exposition worked VERY well. I wish more movies would do this - let the audience work on understanding why the characters are who they are - we becomes much more invested in them, plus it gives the actors so much more to work with. My only small quibble were the scenes with Rose and her mother - I just didn't feel they worked vey well and I wonder if what these scenes were trying to accomplish couldn't have been done another away. Again, just a small criticism, though - other than this the story moved very nicely.

Good job!

Alexandra swarens director and writer of city of trees comes back again with yet another amazing movie.

Never listen to haters, haters gonna hate

keep making these movies

150 characters god damn.

This movie is truly what the tag line says, not a coming out story but a true 'coming of age'. The fact that it was a crowd funded movie doesn't take away from the actresses chemistry on set. It's indie and simple and the moments that the main characters get closer and closer in their relationship reminds me so much of my high school experience. It was nostalgic to watch and truly a beautifully, simple film that had a queer story to tell and it did just that, plus the ending that wrapped it up in a nice bow.